docs: Add comprehensive guide on customizing system prompts with AgentContext #118
Conversation
This file contains hidden or bidirectional Unicode text that may be interpreted or compiled differently than what appears below. To review, open the file in an editor that reveals hidden Unicode characters.
Learn more about bidirectional Unicode characters
- Document system_message_suffix and user_message_suffix for appending to prompts - Add section on replacing entire system prompt with custom Jinja2 templates - Explain system_prompt_filename (relative and absolute paths) - Document system_prompt_kwargs for passing variables to custom templates - Keep documentation compact and focused on key features
xingyaoww
force-pushed
the
add-system-prompt-customization-docs
branch
from
20fc88f to
e41adb9
Compare
xingyaoww
commented
Nov 21, 2025
Removed example of message suffixes from AgentContext section.
Sign up for free
to join this conversation on GitHub.
Already have an account?
Sign in to comment
Add this suggestion to a batch that can be applied as a single commit.
This suggestion is invalid because no changes were made to the code.
Suggestions cannot be applied while the pull request is closed.
Suggestions cannot be applied while viewing a subset of changes.
Only one suggestion per line can be applied in a batch.
Add this suggestion to a batch that can be applied as a single commit.
Applying suggestions on deleted lines is not supported.
You must change the existing code in this line in order to create a valid suggestion.
Outdated suggestions cannot be applied.
This suggestion has been applied or marked resolved.
Suggestions cannot be applied from pending reviews.
Suggestions cannot be applied on multi-line comments.
Suggestions cannot be applied while the pull request is queued to merge.
Suggestion cannot be applied right now. Please check back later.
Summary
This PR adds comprehensive documentation on how users can customize system prompts using the
AgentContextclass in the OpenHands SDK.Changes
sdk/guides/skill.mdxsystem_message_suffixanduser_message_suffixparameters in detailContext
After examining the
AgentContextimplementation in thesoftware-agent-sdkrepository, I found that it provides flexible ways to customize prompts through:system_message_suffix: Adds custom instructions to the system prompt (always active)user_message_suffix: Adds instructions to every user messageThe documentation now clearly explains:
Related
This documentation is based on the implementation in:
openhands-sdk/openhands/sdk/context/agent_context.pyexamples/01_standalone_sdk/03_activate_skill.py@xingyaoww can click here to continue refining the PR